Dynamic feedback in an aggregation-disaggregation model

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 2120-2126

  Urbanc, B ^a   Cruz, L ^a   Buldyrev, S V ^a   Havlin, S ^a,b   Hyman, B T ^c   Stanley, H E ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID PLAQUE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL MODEL; DIFFUSION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DIFFUSION; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FRACTALS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLAQUE, AMYLOID; PROBABILITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0033180646     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.60.2120     Document Type: Article

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